Web Path - Practice Problems Flashcards
Which Cerebrovascular disease is more likely to be a result of inflammation or coagulopathy?
Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
Which Cerebrovascular disease is more likely to be seen in cases of hypertension?
Right cerebellar hemispheric hemorrhage
Which Cerebrovascular disease is more likely to be seen in cerebral hemispheric swelling that leads to herniation beneath the tentorium?
Pontine Hemorrhages
Which Cerebrovascular disease is more likely to be seen in an atherosclerotic event?
Thrombosis of the PCA
Which Cerebrovascular disease is more likely to be seen in a traumatic event?
Diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage
What are some classic presentations of Parkinsons Disease?
Tremors at Rest that are going to resolve with movement
What is the most likely cause of death in patients that have a hypertensive hemorrhage in the brain?
Cerebellar tonsillar herniation (blood produces a mass effect with downward pressure to the posterior fossa that produces the herniation)
** Recent herniation appears bright with CT images
Cryptococcus neoformans is most likely to cause meningitis in which type of patient population?
Immunocompromised Adults
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is most likely associated with __________ .
Chronic Meningitis
Which infectious agent typically produces abscesses and vascular invasion that is capable of significant hemorrhage in the lesions?
Aspergillus fumigatus
Which neoplasm is associated with involvement of the 8th cranial nerve?
Schwannoma
Are Schannomas benign or metastatic?
ALWAYS BENIGN
Positive VDRL in a Lumbar Puncture is associated with which infectious agent?
T. Pallidum (can produce neurosyphilis)
Which infectious agent is going to produce “tabes dorsalis” (atrophy of the dorsal columns)?
T. Pallidum (neurosyphilis)
Explain how you could get an injury to the Gyrus Rectus.
Falling backwards and hitting your head on the ground will produce a countrecoup injury forward to the inferior frontal lobe and/or temporal tips
